Presentations in the library can transform a difficult topic into something understandable, create interactive activities, keep the class organized, or incorporate music and video into the class period. However, presentations can also be misused and overused.

The Summer Reading Presentation above was created with Google Docs and is very similar to Powerpoint. It serves its purpose but there are so many more interactive and fun options.

Please check out the following to see what else you can do:


Photopeach
Google Docs
Prezi
Smilebox
OneTrueMedia
280slides
Animoto
Photoshow
Empressr
Zoho
Slideroll

The following is a graphic organizer I created on Webspirations highlighting some of the comments made by our class after hands on experience with some of the tools.